2023: Year In Review
May December
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Starring: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton Directed by: Todd Haynes
Freud’s Last Session
The movie's story sees Freud invite iconic author C.S. Lewis to debate the existence of God. And his unique relationship with his daughter, and Lewis' unconventional relationship with his best friend's mother.
Starring: Matthew Goode, Anthony Hopkins, Jodi Balfour Directed by: Matt Brown
Rare Objects
"Rare Objects" tells the story of a young woman who seeks to rebuild her life when she takes work at an antique store. She regains her confidence from the kind souls who own the shop, until those from her traumatic past begin to resurface.
Starring: Julia Mayorga, Katie Holmes, Derek Luke, Alan Cumming Directed by: Katie Holmes
The Donor Party
Jaclyn wants a baby. But after a messy divorce and fruitless years of online dating, she realizes she doesn't need a husband to become a mother. She and her best friends hatch a plan to get her pregnant at a very special party.
Starring: Malin Akerman, Rob Corddry, Jerry O'Connell Directed by: Thom Harp
Bad Hombres
Two undocumented immigrants take the simple job of digging a hole in the desert, but when their employers turn out to be psychopaths, staying alive will become the most complex job of their lives.
Starring: Luke Hemsworth, Thomas Jane, Nick Cassavetes, Tyrese Gibson, Diego Tinoco Directed by: John Stalberg Jr.
2022: Year In Review
The Card Counter
Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader's THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader's trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan Directed by: Paul Schrader
Call Jane
A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina Directed by: Phyllis Nagy
Lansky
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster reveals the untold truth about his life as the boss of the National Crime Syndicate.
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, Minka Kelly
Directed by: Eytan Rockaway
Big Gold Brick
Big Gold Brick recounts the story of fledgling writer Samuel Liston and his experiences with Floyd Deveraux, the enigmatic, middle-aged father of two who enlists Samuel to write his biography. But the circumstances that lead up to this arrangement in the first place are quite astonishing-and efforts to write the biography are quickly stymied by ensuing chaos in this darkly comedic, genre-bending film.
Starring: Megan Fox, Oscar Isaac, Andy Garcia, Lucy Hale Directed by: Brian Petsos
Asking For It
After a small town waitress is sexually assaulted after a date with her old friend she befriends a mysterious stranger who introducers her to an all femme gang.
Starring: Kiersey Clemons, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexandra Shipp Directed by: Eamon O'Rourke
American Traitor
An American woman named Mildred Gillars broadcast Nazi propaganda during World War II. She was dubbed Axis Sally by the American GIs who simultaneously loved and hated her. The story plunges the viewer into the dark underbelly of the Third Reich's hate-filled propaganda machine, Sally's eventual capture, and subsequent trial for treason in Washington D.C. after the war.
Starring: Meadow Williams, Al Pacino, Carsten Norgaard Directed by: Michael Polish
The Survivalist
A year and a half after the fall of civilization due to a viral outbreak, a former FBI agent forced to protect a young woman immune to the disease from a dangerous gang leader hunting her.
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, John Malkovich, Jenna Leigh Green Directed by: Jon Keeyes
Chick Fight
When Anna Wyncomb is introduced to an underground, all-female fight club in order to turn the mess of her life around, she discovers she is much more personally connected to the history of the club than she could ever imagine.
Starring: Bella Thorne, Malin Akerman, Alec Baldwin Directed by: Paul Leyden
Hard Kill
The work of billionaire tech CEO Donovan Chalmers (Willis) is so valuable that he hires mercenaries to protect it, and a terrorist group kidnaps his daughter just to get it.
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Lala Kent Directed by: Matt Eskandari
Tesla
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
Starring: Eve Hewson, Ethan Hawke, Hannah Gross, Kyle MacLachlan Directed by: Michael Almereyda
Jiu Jitsu
Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance.
Starring: Alain Moussi, Nicolas Cage, Raymond Pinharry Directed by: Dimitri Logothetis
Force of Nature
A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a cop tries to force everyone in the building to evacuate.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Kate Bosworth, Emile Hirsch Directed by: Michael Polish
The Informer
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common Directed by: Andrea Di Stefano
Driveways
A lonesome boy accompanies his mother on a trip to clean out his late aunt's house, and ends up forming an unexpected friendship with the retiree who lives next door. Available May 7th on Demand & Digital. Pre-order: https://bit.ly/DrivewaysAppleTV
Starring: Hong Chau, Lucas Jaye, Brian Dennehy Directed by: Andrew Ahn
Survive The Night
A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
Starring: Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, Lydia Hull Directed by: Matt Eskandari
We Summon the Darkness
Three best friends cross paths with sadistic killers after they travel to a secluded country home to party.
Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Keean Johnson, Maddie Hasson, Johnny Knoxville Directed by: Marc Meyers
A Private War
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander Directed by: Matthew Heineman
The Kindergarten Teacher
A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she believes is a child prodigy.
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael García Bernal, Ato Blankson-Wood Directed by: Sara Colangelo